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Practice early writing skills with this Zoo Minutes activity page. Learners trace letters and the words “fishing cat,” draw a fishing cat, and share what they know through writing or dictation.
Zoo Minutes | Fishing Cat
Get to know the fishing cat, a remarkable feline adapted for life around water. Explore its behaviors, habitat and conservation story through engaging videos, immersive experiences and educational activities.
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Students begin by predicting what the fishing cat eats, then watch the video to gather evidence about its prey and hunting style. Using illustrated organism cards from a wetland habitat, they build a...
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This lesson uses the fishing cat to introduce the idea that living things get what they need from other living things, and that the chain of "who eats whom" starts with the sun and plants. Students...
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This is a list of all applicable South Carolina K-12 science standards that can be applied to the Fishing Cat video and science materials and lessons.
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Students investigate the foraging efficiency and diet of the fishing cat ( Prionailurus viverrinus) using real-world observational data inspired by SCETV's Zoo Minutes. By analyzing hunting success...
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In this hands-on, zoo-themed math lesson, students will analyze and interpret four distinct data representations—a dot plot, a data table, a scaled picture graph, and a bar graph—focusing on the...
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Students explain how the fishing cat's adaptations supports its survival and why protecting the species is important.
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List of fiction and nonfiction books related to fishing cats.
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Color a fishing cat and discover what makes this water-loving feline unique.
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This handout goes along with the "Fishing Cat: Built for the Water (Grades K-5)" lesson.
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This handout goes along with the lesson "Fishing Cat: Adaptation and Conservation (9-12)".
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This lesson uses the Fishing Cat: Zoo Minutes video and companion 360 Habitat Tour to help students connect structure-function relationships to natural selection and ecosystem interdependence...
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This lesson introduces middle school students to the connection between an organism's physical structures and behaviors and its ability to survive in a specific habitat, using the fishing cat as a...